2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs explained

2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Dates:August 15 – September 1, 2024
Location:TPC Southwind
Castle Pines Golf Club
East Lake Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Field:70 for FedEx St. Jude Ch.

30 for Tour Championship
Purse:$100 million (bonus money)
Winners Share:$25 million (bonus money)
Previous:2023
Next:2025

The 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that will determined the 2024 season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, will be played from August 15– September 1.[1] It includes the following three events:

This will be the 18th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings

The leading 10 players in the FedEx Cup regular-season standings qualified for a share of the $40 million Comcast Business Tour Top 10 bonus.[2]

PlayerPointsEventsBonus ($)
1 5,993 16 8,000,000
2 4,057 18 6,000,000
3 2,545 16 4,800,000
4 2,456 18 4,400,000
5 2,154 17 4,000,000
6 2,092 16 3,400,000
7 2,037 21 2,800,000
8 1,899 16 2,400,000
9 1,896 22 2,200,000
10 1,867 17 2,000,000

Playoff tournaments

FedEx St. Jude Championship

The FedEx St. Jude Championship was played August 15–18. 70 players were eligible to play in the event. There was no second-round cut.

Hideki Matsuyama won by two strokes over Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele. World Number one and FedEx Cup points leader Scottie Scheffler finished in fourth. Three players played their way into the BMW Championship: Hovland (ranked 57 to 16), Eric Cole (54 to 46) and Nick Dunlap (67 to 48). Three players initially in the top 50 failed to advance: Tom Kim (ranked 43 to 51), Mackenzie Hughes (48 to 52) and Jake Knapp (50 to 59).[3]

FedEx Cup rank
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)BeforeAfter
1 65-64-64-70=263 −17 3,600,000 8 3
T2 70-63-66-66=265 −15 1,760,000 57 16
66-69-67-63=265 2 2
4 66-65-69-66=266 −14 960,000 1 1
T5 67-63-70-67=267 −13 760,000 29 18
67-65-66-69=267 67 48
T7 68-69-67-64=268 −12 645,000 5 6
67-66-70-65=268 17 12
9 66-63-72-68=269 −11 580,000 45 30
T10 68-65-70-67=270 −10 520,000 23 19
67-70-66-67=270 66 56

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship will be played August 22–25. 50 players are eligible to play in the event. There is no second-round cut.

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship will be played August 29 – September 1. 30 golfers are qualified for the tournament. There is no second-round cut.

Table of qualified players

Table key:

PlayerPre-PlayoffsFedEx St. Jude
Championship
BMW
Championship
Tour Championship
PointsRankFinishRank
after
FinishRank
after
Starting
score[4]
Final
score
Final
rank
5,9931
4,0572
2,5453
2,4564
2,1545
2,0926
2,0377
1,8998
1,8969
1,86710
1,78011
1,75512
1,67113
1,63514
1,61015
1,56916
1,53517
1,49818
1,44519
1,41920
1,41121
1,40622
1,39223
1,38524
1,38125
1,34526
1,32427
1,31828
1,26529
1,24930
1,22731
1,22332
1,20733
1,20234
1,19435
1,19336
1,18137
1,16838
1,07539
1,07440
1,06941
1,06742
1,05143
1,05144
1,04545
1,04146
1,04147
1,02648
1,01949
97050
96951
96952
95253
94854
88155
86756
85457
81358
80859
80360
79461
78362
78263
73764
72065
70366
70167
68568
68469
65470
* First-time Playoffs qualifier

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List . PGA Tour . 19 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Scottie Scheffler finishes No. 1 in Comcast Business Tour Top 10 to claim $8 million bonus . PGA Tour . August 12, 2024.
  3. News: Hideki Matsuyama wins opening leg of PGA Tour playoffs . ESPN . Associated Press . August 18, 2024.
  4. Web site: Tour Championship: How they will begin with 'Starting Strokes' . PGA Tour . August 21, 2022 . 22 August 2022.